913 – Quest of the Delta Knights
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Things I liked in the movie:
“I’m coming!”
The rising of dough.
Running around the treehouse.
Impressions
I’ve heard mixed reviews of this episode, but I really like
it. The movie itself isn’t as bad as
most. It’s filmed in color and the
editing is fair. The acting is actually
fair to decent in most cases. It’s the
ridiculous story that makes it so silly.
It almost seems as if it were intended to be made-for-tv movie of the
type that might be shown on Saturday morning for kids. Probably one of the best/worst things about
this episode is that Pearl does the riffing instead of Mike. She does an ok job, but it doesn’t feel as
sharp. On the flip side, the swap makes
the host segments a lot funnier.
Synopsis
It’s apparently the middle ages. Roaming bands of black-armored thugs trash the countryside.
A young boy who goes by “Tee” is taken from his mother during one of the raids and is sold at a slave auction. The town vagrant, Baydool, (David Warner) buys him for almost nothing and takes him home. It turns out Baydool is really a secret member of the Delta Knights, a fraternity of (unintentionally) goofy and incompetent people sworn to do something. Eventually, in spite of his defense strategy of throwing urine on would-be assailants, Baydool gets caught and it’s up to Tee to do whatever it is they do. Lord Vultare is responsible for finding and destroying the Delta Knights. He is also played by David Warner, and in an ironic twist he has himself [as Baydool] killed.
Tee meets up improbably with Leonardo of Vinci and they save a prostitute-slave from more raiders. The three of them run around trying to keep out of the way of the bad guys who are a large ubiquitous force of pirates, medieval wrestlers and extras. Leonardo hits on her (even though everyone knows he’s gay by now) and she rebuffs him with all the pride and honor a prostitute can muster. It turns out later the girl is really a princess who came from a tree house and they get a little help from her brother the prince. Faux pas, Leonardo!
The big climax is they find a cave full of junk and look at it for a while. Then they explode the entrance to the cave, trapping the bad guys, including Vultare inside. But Leonardo saw enough inside the cave to inspire his historic inventions.
Opening: Crow's in the shop, but the loaner Crow has a radio!
Intro: Worried about a lack of results in her experiment, Pearl trades places with Mike! Pearl scrounges up half of an old mint in her pocket and lets them have it.
Host segment 1: Pearl completes her observations, while Mike, Bobo and Observer enjoy a guy's night. They play poker, drink beer, and make indirect slams against Pearl, which, of course, she overhears.
Host segment 2: The Sir Thomas "Neville" Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just After the Plague Singers performs an ancient Air on a Delta Knight.
Host segment 3: Leonardo DaVinci visits, and he's essentially Robert De Niro. He makes various veiled threats. He scares the bots a bit.
End: The bots mourn the loss of Pearl; the annual Delta Knights Pancake Breakfast is a success and it looks just like every other fundraiser pancake breakfast. They ask for Pearl to come back because she gave them a mint. They refer to her now as “Mint Giver” (a play on Lawgiver).
Stinger: The goofy character yells, “I’m coming!” and the tree house prince rolls his eyes.
Some Funny Riffs
Lord Vultare has
an audience with the Mannerjay while slaves fan her.
Servo as Slave:
Do you want me to oscillate, Ma'am?
Lord Vultare:
We've rounded up a number of suspects.
Crow as Vultare:
… including Kevin Spacey.
Pearl as Vultare:
… chilly in here. Could you turn down your guy?
The three are
imprisoned in a cublicle made of gnarly sticks and logs, with a fire going
Crow: Bent
Foliage State Prison.
Mike: Where only
60% of the prisoners break out the first night.
After Tee and
Leonardo are recaptured by the forest prince, a noisy, loony henchman drops out
of the trees in belated pursuit.
Loony Henchman:
I'm com-iiiing!
Mike as The
Prince: Put a sock in it, Legolas!
Vultare is
reading what appears to be Archimedes' plans for his high-tech weapon.
Servo as Vultare
reading: Enjoy much scientific pleasure
with magnificent operation.
When the princess is returned to her brother, she dresses in a fancy royal (sort of) dress that really pushes her . . . um . . . endowments up about as high as they can go.
Crow in that helpfully informative voice: Her dough has risen.
After Baydool throws his chamber pot on an assailant
All three:
Eeeeeeew! Wizard whiz!
Crow: Well, it's better than Quest of the Delta Burke, I
suppose.
Quest of the Delta Knights IMDB Page